And to think that in WWII many millions would die fighting Hitler.
My Uncle touched up photos with colored pencils to make them appear as color photos, but only face shots, because obvious it was difficult to color everything, but faces were easier.

beautiful pictures. nice to see people from the USSR shown as human beings (for a change). when you look at the very young children and the oldest people it is very sad to think what was going to happen eight years later.

Splendid collection! I liked the “constructivist art” outdoor figures, unique form to Russia. The caricature figure of the Nazi, holding a sign that reads “who will cry Long Live Moscow .. he will hang” was a prophetic reminder to Russians of anti-Soviet propaganda in Germany – even before Hitler took power!

Yes – I think this famous Bauhaus or Constructivist building is the Zuev Workers Club, built in 1927. ER recently did nice story about the new Moscow tram line being built on that street. Building still there, now painted… pink!

Thank you so much for sharing! Never seen anything like it before.
Those puppets must be also some kind of propaganda, ridiculing “unwanted elements in socialist society”. It says Museum exhibit of 1937″in the picture of “Shopping center “Progress”. Small letters in a puppets hands say “a personal interest” in rhyme. So it is either some kind of projection, meaning those type of people will vanish by 1937 or it is indeed ’37.
Beautifully taken and hand painted photos!